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Low Tech Podcast, No. 72 – 01 Dec 2023

Cooksville: A Model Community

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Today we travel back to the future, and the past, to set Cooksville in context.

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CC-BY-SA

Song is:

“Dear Mr Super Computer” off of Power Pop by Holizna (Pub. Dom.)

Images are:

“Lothal-reconstruction India bronze age” by Igor Morozoff, CC-BY-SA
“Time Circuits” by DukeNukeIt, CC-BY-SA
“DeLorean Time Machine” by Attribution: JMortonPhoto.com & OtoGodfrey.com, CC-BY-SA
“Map-of-human-migrations” by Dudy001, CC-BY-SA
“Railroad and post office map of Minnesota and Wisconsin” Pub. Dom.
“Cooksville Photos” Pub. Dom.
“Forevertron” Pub. Dom.
“EIA 2004 – Peak World Oil” Pub. Dom.
“Pangaea 200Ma” by Fama Clamosa, CC-BY-SA
“Tesla dealership” by Jeremy, CC-BY
“Solar Chimney” by Shypoetess, CC-BY-SA

Low Tech Podcast, No. 63 – 13 Jan 2022

The Future of Composting

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We’re joined this week by Matt Crisp (@matt.crunchy) to hop in our time machine and visit 2073 to learn about local, post-transition compost systems in the Midwest, Southwest, and New England.

You can also find Matt as a co-host on the Poor Prole’s Almanac (poorproles.com).

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Songs are:

“Lost on the Freeway” off of Lost by Holizna (Pub. Dom.)

Cover Image is:

Utopien 4 by Makis E. Warlamis (CC-BY-SA)

Low Tech Podcast, No. 58 – 04 Nov 2022

Thatch as Sustainable Roofing?

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In this episode we talk about the feasibility of thatch as sustainable utilitarian roofing.

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Songs are:
“Last Slate of the Roof” off of The Mountains Don’t Care About You by Doctor Turtle (CC-BY)

Low Tech Podcast, No. 54 – 02 Sep 2022

Gardens: The Original Social Safety Net

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In this episode we delve into the history of subsistence gardening and why our time is such an aberration.

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Song is:
“Quiet Moonlit Countrysides” off of We Drove All Night by Holizna (Pub. Dom.)

Sound Effects (all CC license):
Time Machine: TimeTravel.wav
Neolithic Village: 201007_Tichindeal_VillageStore_Evening_st.wav
Roman Village: Italian village no traffic.aiff
Mesoamerican Village: Village activity whistling.wav
Medieval Village: medieval_village_atmosphere.wav

Image is US Government, Public Domain: “The oldest and the youngest war garden worker working in their garden when potatoes were just large enough to dig.”

Low Tech Podcast, No. 48 – 27 May 2022

Is a Growing Global Wheat Crisis Brewing?

In this episode we discuss the potential for a global wheat crisis brought on by the Russian invasion of Ukraine with William G. Moseley (@WilliamGMoseley).

UN FAO: “Is the global food system on the cusp of a major shift?” – https://www.fao.org/cfs/cfs-hlpe/news-archive/detail/en/c/1493923/

New York Times: “Ukraine War Threatens to Cause a Global Food Crisis” – https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/20/world/americas/ukraine-war-global-food-crisis.html

Al Jazeera: “Infographic: Russia, Ukraine and the global wheat supply” – https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/2/17/infographic-russia-ukraine-and-the-global-wheat-supply-interactive

Bloomberg: “The $120 Billion Global Grain Trade Is Being Redrawn by Russia’s War in Ukraine” – https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-04-05/will-russia-s-war-in-ukraine-cause-wheat-shortages-raise-food-prices-more

Washington Post: “The World’s Food System Is Too Dependent on Wheat” – https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/energy/the-worlds-food-system-is-too-dependent-on-wheat/2022/04/21/e7e1bd9a-c183-11ec-b5df-1fba61a66c75_story.html

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Song:
“Time Lapse” off of Time Lapse by Xylo-Ziko (CC-BY-NC-SA)

Image:
The Gleaners, by Jean-François Millet, public domain: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jean-Fran%C3%A7ois_Millet_(II)_-_The_Gleaners_-_WGA15691.jpg